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Adalgis, defeated, chooses exile.
'Adalgis' (died
788) was the son of
Desiderius and the prince of the Langobards or
Lombardia in
Italy. After his father was defeated by
Charlemagne in
Pavia in
774, Adalgis took refuge in
Byzantium. He hoped to recapture Lombardia with the aid of Empress
Irene, but when finally given a chance in
787, he was defeated by a coalition consisting of the
Franks and the new
prince of Benevento,
Grimoald III, a vassal loyal to Charlemagne. Adalgis fled to
Constantinople, where he died in
788.
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